Hazelhen with chicks

16:th of June 2011
A close meeting with a female Hazel Grouse with at least 3 chicks along the track to Bertejaure is a good one. Here we also see Siberian Jays, Rough-legged Buzzard and we hear calls from what I believe are Hawk Owl chicks, but we can´t find them in the forest.

Short-eared Owls parade

15:th of June 2011
En route we see at least 4 Owls, the 2 we can identify are short-eared Owls parading with high wingbeats above us in the light midsommer skies. Magical!

Lapland sunset

15:th of June 2011
After a 2 hour domestic flight to Arvidsjaur we drive through amazingly vast forests with beautiful, calm lakes towards Ammarnäs, as the sun sets in a lovely quite evening.

Lynx at Lake fläcksjön

14:th of June 2011
Visiting filmmaker Malcolm Rymer and Ann Trangmar gets lucky to see and film a 1-year-old Lynx at Lake Fläcksjön tonight. I know; it´s distant, it´s blurry, but it´s an unmistakable profile.

Hairy Hawker

13:th of June 2011
A good day for Dragonflies. Plenty of 4-spotted Chasers, Downy Emeralds and a Hairy Hawker (Brachytron pratense).

Yellow-spotted Whiteface

13:th of June 2011
Yellow-spotted Whiteface (Leucorrhinia pectoralis) is a good Dragonfly-species that I today find at least 5-6 individuals of in a water where I haven´t seen them before. Especially positive since I have not found them on two previously known sites this year.

Marsh Fritillaries

9:th of June 2011
Marsh Fritillaries seem to have just started their flight season, since I encounter more than a dozen really fresh individuals today. This one really striking and well contasting with dark parts and white spots. Male?